Clasp or fastening



(No Model.)

G. FROST.

CLASP OR FASTENING.

No. 310,504. Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

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GEORGE FROST, OF VEST NEXVTON, ASSIGNOR OF T\VO-THIRDS TO GEORGE H. PHELPS AND GEORGE A. FROST, OF NEXVTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLASP OR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,504, dated January 6; 1885.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE FRosT, of West Newton, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Clasps or Fastenings, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of clasps or i'astenings; and my invention consists, essentially, in a clasp composed of a main plate slotted at one side and at one end for the reception of a web, and having a hook-receiving notch at one edge,

and of a hoolcplate having a hook to engage the said notch, and slotted at its edge for the connection therewith of a strap, as will be described. In practice the hook-receiving 2o notch will preferably be made in the main plate at an angle to the web-receiving slots, to thus enable the hook of the hoolrplate, which in use is drawn upon diagonally by a strap, to havea firm bearing on the base-plate.

My invention is shown as applied to a stocking-supporter-one of the uses for which it is very desirable.

Figure l, in side elevation, shows my improved clasp or fastening embodied in a stocklug-supporter. Fig. 2 shows the two parts of the clasp separated. Fig. 3 is asection of Fig. 2 in the dotted line 00 w, and Fig. 4 is a modification.

The base-plate a, composed, preferably, of

3 5 sheet metal, is provided with the slots 2 2 at its side, to receive and permit the adjustment therein of one end of the strap or web I), as in Fig. 1, the lower edge of the said plate being provided with other slots, 3 3, to receive and 40 permit the adjustment of the depending strap or web 0, the lower end of which is shown as provided'with a jaw-like stocking-engaging device, (1, of usual construction. The edge of the plate a opposite that having the slots 2 is provided with a notch, 4, formed by striking a part of the metal through and turning it over, as at 5, on the surface of the plate, thus thickening the said plate at one edge of the said notch. The notch 4 is cut in the plate to occupy an inclined position with relation to the slots 2 2, thus leaving an inclined edge to be engaged by the hook 6 of the hook-plate 6, provided with the slots 7 7 at one edge to receive the opposite end of the strap or web I).

Vhen the clasp is used in a stocking or garment support, the strap or web I) is extended about the leg above the calf, and the strain of the strap or web is upward, as shown in the drawings, so as to accommodate for this and furnish an edge for the whole width of the hook. The notch 4 is cut through the plate diagonally to the slots2 2. The inner edge of the main plate a, next the hook-plate, is beveled, as shown at 8, to form an edge to be opposed to the inner edge of the hook-plate.

Itis obvious that the clasp described may be employed in sleevesupporters, belts, and other articles.

In the drawings, h represents a leg form, '6 a stocking, and m a shoe. Fig. 4 shows a 0 modified form of plate, wherein the notch 4 is out to leave its sides parallel with relation to the edge of the plate.

I claim 1. The clasp composed of the main plate provided at one edge with the slots 2, and at its other edge with the notch 4, made to occupy a diagonal position with relation to the said slots, and of a hook-plate provided with a hook to enter the said notch and engage the 50 main plate, substantially as described.

2. The main plate a, slotted at 2, provided with a notch, 4, and having an inclined edge,

8, combined with the plate 6, provided with the hook 6, to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The main plate 0!, having the slots 2 and 3, and the notch 4 at an angle to the slots 2, combined with the plate 6, provided with the hook 6, and with the slots 7 7, to operate all substantially as described.

4. The main plate a, provided with side slots, 2 2, end slots, 3 3, and a notch, 4, combined with a plate, 6, slotted at 7, and pro vided with a hook, 6, to operate substantially 5 as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE FROST.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, B. J. NoYEs. 

